←
Proto-Germanic *sōmiz (cognate)←
Middle High German senfte (link)←
Middle High German sanfte (link)←
Proto-West Germanic *samftī (inherited)←
Old High German samfti (alter)←
Old High German senfti (alter)←
Old High German semftī (link)←
Old High German semfti (suffix)←
Old High German ī (suffix)←
Proto-Indo-European (derived)←
Proto-Indo-European *sem- (mention)→
German sanft (inherited)→
Old High German semfti (suffix)→
Alemannic German sanft (inherited)